Arctic lakes melting earlier and earlier each year, recent 14-year study shows – CBC News
Article Synopsis – According to a new 14-year study, lakes across the Arctic are melting earlier each year. The study looked at five different regions in the Arctic and gathered information from satellite images of 13,300 lakes between 2000 and 2013. On average, the lakes melted 0.3 days earlier each year, though in some areas the lakes melted 1.4 days earlier than the previous year. The researchers believe that if the trend continues, in 15 years the lakes will melt an average of a month earlier. This early thawing may cause the lakes to generate more greenhouse gases, warming up the environment even more. With millions of lakes potentially responding in this way, it could create a large climate feedback in the Arctic. To read the actual article click here.